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The seer of shadows / Avi. |
| Authors: | Avi, 1937- |
| Call number: | jFIC AVI |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c2008. |
| Publication date: | c2008. |
| Subject: |
Photography -- History -- Fiction.
Ghost stories Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction. Revenge -- Fiction. Horror tales. Juvenile literature. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction. |
| Title: | The seer of shadows / Avi. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 202 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Target audience note: | Grades 3-7. |
| Notes: | Some copies have 12 pages of "Extras". |
| Summary note: | In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn. |
| Awards note: | Young Hoosier Book Award, 2010-2011, 4-6 Nominee. A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: | 0060000163 (reinforced) 9780060000165 (reinforced) 9780060000158 (trade bdg.) 0060000155 (trade bdg.) 9780545200448 (pbk.) 9780060000172 (pbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2007010891 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1147463 |
| Bib No.: | 1147463 |